Innovation Leaders Survey

Ted Esler July 22, 2022

This survey will inform our conversations on August 8th and 9th.

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Ted Esler

Ted Esler is the President of Missio Nexus, an association of agencies and churches representing over 50,000 Great Commission workers worldwide. Ted worked in the computer industry before becoming serving in Sarajevo, Bosnia, during the 1990’s. In 2000, Ted became the Canadian director of Pioneers and three years later moved to Orlando to join Pioneers USA’s leadership team. He was appointed the President of Missio Nexus in 2015. His most recent book is The Innovation Crisis, Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry you Lead. Ted has a PhD in Intercultural Studies (Fuller Theological Seminary, 2012).

Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs

This book is an analysis of business innovations. It is arranged into ten distinct types of innovations, with examples for all of them. Included is a listing of 100 different tactics used to implement the innovation. It explains which different types of innovation might be combined to create change in an industry segment. The final section of the book gives “games” or scenarios for leaders to engage in, imagining and analyzing potential targets for innovation.